Kyle Amyotte

There’s a certain poetry in a player rising to stardom in the town that shares his name. Kyle Amyotte was born in the northwest Toronto suburb of Bramalea, and when he laced up his skates for the Bramalea Blues in the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League, it felt less like a career move and more like destiny fulfilling its obligations. Standing 5-foot-7, Amyotte was never going to intimidate anyone on first glance. But once the puck dropped, every opponent quickly learned the same lesson. The Blues’ centre had a release that teammates described as among the hardest they’d ever seen, delivered off a stick that seemed almost comically oversized for his frame — and wielded with the precision of a surgeon. In his sophomore campaign with Bramalea during the 1996-97 season, Amyotte led the team in points with an impressive 85, including 36 goals, helping power a Blues squad that was the class of the MacKenzie Division. The Blues finished first in the OPJHL MacKenzie that year for the second season in a row, edging the rival Brampton Capitals by three points at 76 to 73.  That team was something special. Future NHL names like Mike Danton and Sheldon Keefe started the season as Blues before moving to the Quinte Hawks, and the roster was loaded with talent at every position. But it was Amyotte who wore the mantle of offensive leader, game in and game out.  His excellence was recognized at the league level as well. Amyotte was named the OPJHL West Division MVP for the 1997-98 season, an award that cemented his status as one of the premier players in the entire circuit.  He wasn’t done rewriting the record books either. In the 1998-99 season, Amyotte recorded 72 assists for Bramalea — a mark that stands in the OJHL Hall of Fame’s all-time assist leaders, tied with a young Michael Cammalleri, who would go on to a long NHL career. Cammalleri, his Bramalea teammate, was inducted into the OJHL Hall of Fame in 2025.  That 1998-99 Blues squad reached even greater heights as a franchise. Bramalea opened the 1999 Royal Bank Cup — the national Junior A championship — with a dominant run through the round-robin, defeating the Vernon Vipers, the Estevan Bruins and the host Yorkton Terriers before clinching first place in the group stage.  His path after junior hockey led him overseas, where he played in England for seven seasons before retiring in 2007.